global financial headlines. we're. taking to the streets out there he's sixteen year old is shot and killed by police in brooklyn residents marking demand justice will shine a spotlight on the death of money great next. and the revolving door it's a problem here in d.c. where lawmakers leave office and cash in on k. street or wall street you can add a few new names to the revolving door list will discuss in just a moment. and new york city residents can still order that big gulp a judge strike down a ban on supersize sugary drinks but the case is far from over. personal rights versus public health concerns coming up.

it's tuesday march twelfth pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. i began today with chaos in brooklyn after police officers shot a teenager dead two plainclothes police officers shot and killed sixteen year old kamandi gray over the weekend police say the brooklyn resident pointed a gun at them before they opened fire but some witness says dispute this last night around one hundred people took to the streets in east flatbush brooklyn to protest the teen's death. how. you. join. the demonstrations started as a vigil but as you can see it turned chaotic demonstrators voicing their anger at police they blame for the teen's death police say they responded after protesters

threw bottles at officers in smashed windows earlier was joined by carl dix national leader an activist and he began with his reaction to the death of a money grab you know people were right to take of the streets yesterday in brooklyn the money gray sixteen years old another black youth killed by the police i mean how long are we going to have to bury our used to live their hands of the police now police are to ensure nothing less to deal with this problem once and for all now police say about the approach that the suspect kamani gray that he was armed and the weapon was a loaded and that great point of the gun on the police officers what about police having the right to act when they feel that their life is in danger look the police whenever they murder or chill a black or latino use it is always dealing justifiable homicide the witnesses tell a different story i've been in court with police theory. to say this happened you

know testified three lives it happens again and again it's unacceptable it must be stopped and i'll tell you it's going to take revolution nothing less to stop it that's the approach that i hate to wear and that's the importance of this film this for me airing in harlem this saturday be a speech revolution nothing less where he's going to talk about horrors like it's why they happen again and again but also that it doesn't have to be this way through evolution we could bring a different world into being without the brutality and degradation that people are . on people today in this society those are only a lot of fat the facts in this case are unclear as as a lot of the the facts are disputed one side saying the same one thing police say another i do want to read a statement from councilmen maine williams from the brooklyn district and some

money where you're a demonic scuse me he says that he does not condone any violence on the part of protesters but he also says this quote i also cannot condone the continual continued refusal to hear the voices of this community this action which some are calling an uprising was not about the details of one shooting it spoke to the overwhelming frustration that people are living through day after day so i want to ask you what kind of frustration he is referring to and how people in these communities view the police. we should live in a society where those who are entrusted with public security sooner risk their own lives than murder or injure an innocent person but it's the other way around remarkably right here in his own bathroom last year up in the bronx in that same part of brooklyn she's done today that shot down. another part of brooklyn a young man named robinson run over by

a police car because the police thought he was stealing bricks this is why people are upset and they should be ups and i got to tell you they should stand up and resist this we need more a bat but to end it once and for all it's going to take several isha nothing less ok you keep using this word revolution i want to ask you a what exactly do you mean by the word revolution and then i know that you are really encouraging these protesters i want to ask you though that when when protesters are turning violent throwing things and smashing windows does that make it harder for them to garner support. well people are frustrated people are angry and i am not then i can dampen them for standing up expressing that anger because the real violence in this case begins with the killing of keep money great when i talk about revolution i talk about the need to break the stranglehold on wealth and power that a handful of rich people have and then to carry

a list in your state to overthrow that government to break up their institutions of suppression and replace this society with a different one with different economic relations where there's not a handful of people who own and control everything but things are owned and controlled and paraded collectively that's the economic relations where the social relationship is the whites lording it over black people and people of color men dominate and suppressing women. when they run the whole world those are done away with that's what i'm talking about when i talk about revolution and that's going to be gotten into in this film that's premiering in harlem at the magic johnson theater this saturday be a speaks revolution nothing less all right mr dykes appreciate you coming on that was a carl dexa national leader an act thank you. we're going to take a look now at the revolving door between wall street and washington we're talking about people that make a name for themselves working in the government and use that influence in the

private sector or vice versa we have three names to add today to the growing tally first up scott brown former massachusetts senator and joining the boston based law firm nixon peabody and helm work on business and government affairs focusing on finance and real estate and other former senator joseph lieberman of connecticut is going through that door he will be joining the american enterprise institute according to the institute healthy working on a project aimed at building bipartisan global leadership. and another name mary shapiro back in december she stepped down as chairwoman of the securities exchange commission now she'll be serving as one of general electric's directors so how can they use their government experience in the private sector and can their lobbying efforts impact a government policy and is this something citizens should be concerned about earlier i was joined by abby martin host of our tease breaking the set and our correspondent megan lopez and i first asked at what point should we be concerned

about a former government officials and what they're doing in the private sector so i think we should discern one they you can see a complete connection between the things that they were to fighting in the public office and if it affects what they're doing in the private sector so that's the really the parts there's one person in particular that you could post to potentially make this argument against retired senator senator ben nelson he's actually just announced he'll be working for two private firms the first is agenda global and the second is he'll be the c.e.o. of the national association for insurance commissioners now the reason this is important is because he actually played an instrumental role in obamacare in the creation of it and the second group that i mentioned actually would not exist if it wasn't for obamacare so you can see his public decisions actually affecting his private future it's hard to argue that that was the exact intention but it definitely he was profiting off of

a decision that he made right now we have the some senators that were not reelected of massachusetts senator scott brown was defeated by a was a bit more in and we've seen her stand up to ben bernanke the really grill him. and other edwin wall street she has been very vocal let's take a listen to what she said about senator former senator scott brown. forbes magazine named scott brown wall street favorite senator and i was thinking that's probably not an award i'm going to get. so brown has been criticized for being a little bit too cozy with wall street and his new job probably won't put that accusation to rest well abbie no and i think about when you ask before is is something the public should be concerned about i think that they are which is why they ousted scott brown and really got to live with warren in their shoes a champion for the people came from activists roots i mean she she's totally the

antithesis of everything that scott brown is who is a champion for citizens united and you know wall street's best friend like she said so what really worries me about what the lead up to this i mean is the joe lieberman thing when you see politicians going to think tanks that are going to then in turn influence political decisions foreign policy decisions that's what really scares me about these think tanks that are intertwined with x politicians and lobbyists and corporate c.e.o.'s and so you have this conglomerate of people this powerhouse really pushing agendas even drafting legislation in part now at this think tank according to the enterprise american enterprise institute it's a conservative conservative organization they say that he's supposed to promote by partisanship and this post what do you think bag and is he the man that's going to be able to do that i think a lot of critics would argue that he's not the person that would be able to do that he was one of the staunch advocates of george w. bush's policies in terms of entering iraq so he was a democrat at the time and now he's an independent but more people would call him

a neo conservative now he he also is one of the people that voted against considering waterboarding torture so he's taken a lot of hard line stance is when it comes to issues that people are lined up on one side or the other of so it is hard to argue that he's going to be the one to bring everyone together when so many times in congress he was the one to divide interesting one of bringing. and there the third name that we kind of profiled in the beginning there mary shapiro she used to be the chairwoman of the f.c.c. and now she is the director of that as her new gig director one of the directors over at general electric of course this is a company that has been criticized before for the amount of lobbying power that they have the millions of dollars eighty four billion dollars on lobbying and they've also been criticized for not paying any taxes so now they kind of scooped shapiro up and. they're already facing criticism for exerting too much power in washington adding past government officials to their payroll kind of seems like

they're not really helping that argument there what do you think out yeah no i mean it's just haulers you have agency that's kind of regulating commercial finances and then a woman from an agency going to work on the board of g.e. which pays very little in taxes it's just this whole industry like you said i mean when there are myriad the things that they were doing in washington and then exerting that influence in the private sector and of course these people aren't going away they're going to use that influence from the private sector and in turn influence washington back they have their friends in high places the revolving door is going to keep spinning it is astounding when you break it down it really never seen anything that would buildings or invent and you had mentioned another name earlier on but this is not rare this revolving door we just kind of highlighted of a few instances here but this seems to be not rare at all nor it is rare at all and we do know that you know politicians are supposed to be somebody that interest the the public arena for a little bit and fight for the public good and then they're supposed to go back to

their regular lives but that's not the question of what they do it's how the policies that they forced while they were in congress were the ones that are potentially helping them out so other people that are actually in terms of private arena include retired senator john kyl hell actually working with joe lieberman he at the american enterprise institute he's also working for covington and burling government affairs. practice so he'll be doing that we're tired senator kay bailey hutchinson will be working for bracewell and giuliani law firm that is a firm that actually supports energy banking and transportation issues so all things that she dealt with as a u.s. senator ben nelson like i mentioned for the he was the big one that supported obamacare and now he's actually potentially profiting off it and finally retired senator olympia snowe she's joined the bipartisan policy policy center that's a place where so many senators and congresspeople have gone to in the past it's a very well respected place but again it does put a question on that list keeps going on and on and on doesn't it thanks ladies

appreciate you both weighing in that was host of breaking the savvy of our in our to correspondent. still ahead here on r t it looks like new yorkers won't have to worry about their big gulps a judge strikes down a ban on supersize sugary drinks but the case may be far from over we'll tell you more after the break. the same story doesn't make good news no song no puff pieces some tough questions. let me let me respond will let me ask you. this what we are going. through this. together you're. talking about surveillance.

sugary drink lovers can breathe a sigh of relief today a new york judge has blocked the ban on restaurants selling sugary drinks larger than sixteen ounces new york mayor michael bloomberg tried to ban the supersized beverage an effort to fight. the city and other health related problems that is associated with taking mass amounts of sugar but that ban was supposed to take effect today but many people in the organization say the mayor was overstepping his boundaries and now that a judge has taken their side argues on the safiya churkin to take to the streets of the big apple to weigh the reaction. it seems to be love forever when it comes to giant sugar packed soda drinks and the american heart i got a stash anybody who needs thirty two ounce sodas can call me i'll give you the number on the church an addiction that's enough for inspiration and my sex enough

for this camera are you ready but often hard to explain even through lyrics they said. so but outside i'm missing about cola as a bit of pop the top in this so i said baby get i like it i like it put it on my list. put is ok. americans of all ages and walks of life fill up with gulps of these bubbly beverages day after day you have a sprite there is that your drink of your sort of choice i don't know what i like and they just want to be there today i have sprite what is it about these sort of drinks that lets the taste and the caffeine new york mayor michael bloomberg try to impose a bet on sugary drinks over the size of sixteen ounces but failed a court ruling upheld that whatever people choose to consume is simply none of the government's business they are since i was a small child like that's in the fridge so it's like this american way i guess what

is the necessity for these giant norma's drinks to excess c i'm a fan of them because i get want to lunch and i'll just drink it for the whole day and i'm all set for the day new york stood up for its rights for what's bigger but not necessarily better you can't attack people like that you've got to you've got to make people say oh that's cool but you just can't just take it away from them because then because they it might not be for if you're in this mr mayor i'm sorry to tell you you do not have the right to dictate what people eat there's a constitution i'm pretty sure it's unconstitutional you know not there are rights matter all that much anyway obesity has risen to twenty four percent among adults new yorkers that's more than one in five people in the last decade and is often described as a national pandemic why do you think that's so exclusive to us these giant sugary drinks like why do people need this. just the culture people like things big and if it's not like they got their money's worth. at a mcdonald's in france this does not exist some exist i'm just fat it has nothing to do with soda it just has to but i don't i think it's fine i mean i think you you

make your own choices and if you don't if you can't stop yourself from drinking soda it's pretty sad the highest numbers of obese new yorkers are neighborhoods where the most sugary drinks are consumed and even though most seem to understand that the calorie filled drinks are terrible for them water man it's so good for you local businesses and soda lovers alike are cheering that the ban on large soft drinks went flat before filling out their habits and the party new york for more on the judge's decision to overturn the soda ban artie's honest join me earlier from new york and i asked her how this is different than new york city successful banning of trans fats and smoking in restaurants. definitely this is something that is affecting new yorkers affecting really the rest of the united states too so how this is different is a good question for the judge that overruled the two to be asked to basically i think but you know when it comes to trans fat obviously people understand that it's

bad for them when it comes to smoking in restaurants even smokers i'm sure would admit that it's better that this is not allowed and this particular case because so many people are addicted to the soda and i think it's because the ban itself it sounds very simple let's impose a ban on any drink that's over sixteen ounces large but it was very complicated in terms of exactly what this would imply basically there were regulations included in what was proposing saying that if a certain drink for example if you get a sweetened coffee you know sometimes they taste like they have twenty sugars in them basically that would be banned but in certain cases if a certain drink has over fifty percent milk. from three to five packets of sugar into that drink or the person that buys the unsweetened drink could still go ahead and do it themselves and add those thirty sugars into their drinks so in this particular case people are very confused businesses were very confused they were saying wait a minute do we just throw out all our soda do we save the sugar or do we do this do we get smaller cops so it's just very confusing and i think that's what made the

bigger difference in this case you know some health advocates now are not happy with the judge's decision actually really hailed mayor bloomberg for taking some kind of action in order to address the obesity problem we did speak to a nutritionist today here's what she had to say. it's just part of his entire talk it that he's using in new york city to really raise awareness about the importance of needing to limit consumption of soft drinks in really which eventually will cut down on health care costs so i'm disappointed that it was overturned but i also know the mayor he's been through these legal battles before he's going to keep on fighting and he's going to take it to the next to the next sort of checkpoint mayor bloomberg val's to continue the fight and he says i'm not doing anything to address the obesity problem is irresponsible so how can we expect on a sassy effort for this fight against huge sugary drugs to continue. well you know listen the fight against the big sugary drinks is certainly a fight against

a much more serious issue that being obesity and in this particular case it seems that different legislation should be looked into different measures because in this case like i just mentioned it was very confusing in terms of the rules and many people that we spoke to said look just because you ban the big cups doesn't mean we're going to start drinking less of these insanely sugary drinks if you ban the six over sixteen ounces we're going to get you know four giant cops and so for small cops instead of one big one so the people were still who want to consume this . these beverages are still going to do that regardless of you know the cup size and in this particular case of new york officials and u.s. officials really are going to keep fighting against obesity it's probably a good idea to consider the root causes of why people are you know buying these super cheap drinks why are they eating the cheap fast food and not being able to provide a better kind of nutrition for themselves so these are really much deeper issues that you know let's ban big cups you know health advocates do kind of single out

soda and other sugary beverages as as playing a role in the obesity epidemic and other have health elements that we see today i want to bring up this photo because it does of i think it does a pretty good job of illustrating the sugar content there it is this photo is from the rethink your during campaign and as you can see the bags of sugar underneath each drink shows how much sugar is actually in the drinks research proves that this is not good for you i think it's pretty good look at how in the big gulp there vaga sugar i mean i guess the question is should there be some kind of guidelines on food when so many people are getting sick. well there definitely should be some kind of guidelines definitely liz i mean that picture is just outrageous and i don't think many people realize exactly how much sugar they're taking in when they are consuming that even a small can of coke i mean when there's ten sugar packs in there that's outrageous and one of the good points that we heard on the streets when we talked to all the

new yorkers about this issue was that look you know if it's not very then it's not going to be that much of a temptation so when it comes to these you know sweet sugar filled drinks being available everywhere and you know people having these offers to supersize them are on every single corner obviously it's a lot more tempting for them to to buy that stuff so if it's something that you know is focused on businesses and exactly what it is that they put into these drinks if it's if it's addressed on that level maybe it's. will make officials a step closer to solving this issue and certainly this bloomberg mayor bloomberg over there in new york city has settled a lot of response both for and against passionate responses people think very strongly about about what he's done over there and in the state of mississippi they passed this bloomberg and what it does is it would bar

counties and towns from enact these rules that would require calorie counts to be posted capped portion sizes there's a headline there state with highest obesity rate passes and the bloomberg bill to ban food or regulation i mean what do you think about this see a we have a state here that is speaking out against the nanny state that they perceive mayor bloomberg is imposing at the same time this is coming from a state that is the most overweight so i don't know what do you make of this well i mean liz what i make of this is you know it's cute and funny really to say that creating any kind of food regulation is a terrible idea and that's the government cracking down on people but you know in this particular case i have to say that if people are not. people really in the sense to take care of this themselves and really kind of piece themselves out when it comes to calories sold food when it comes to these super calorie sugar filled drinks that maybe it's not really the worst idea in the universe for officials to see what they can do to try to solve this obesity is

a big problem but i guess the the argument is what do we do to address it appreciate you on a saucy away and on this that was our to correspondent. well it's not just the average joe that has to worry about keeping their personal info private because as we were discussing identity theft yesterday here in r t the gossip site t.m.c. reported that a laundry list of influence makers fell victim to hackers celebrities ranging from jay z. and beyonce and michelle obama and joe biden were among the lucky few to have their personal information flung out in the open our own margaret howell breaks it all down for you worried about losing your social security number because you can because anyone can. look at michelle obama in an alarming security breach hackers posted social security numbers mortgage amounts credit card info car loans banking information and potentially embarrassing credit back at major public figures including vice president joe biden rapper jay z.

and mel gibson. the information matches records and public databases and appears to be authentic through this we've learned that rapper jay z. has an american express card with two hundred twenty seven thousand dollars wrapped up on it and the fact that his cable bill went into collections for nonpayment we also learned that michelle obama had a perfect line of credit for eight hundred dollars at banana republic until two thousand and three and was nearly maxed out where the camcorder ashie and has a mortgage payment of twenty six thousand dollars a month. now it's easy to learn who has a gambling addiction or a medical problem it's also it's all in black and white on the credit card bill for the entire world to see we still don't know how these hackers obtained the information but it's possible they did something as simple as stealing passwords or intercepting e-mails containing passwords this is one of the most common ways hackers get into a computer. yesterday we told you that data mining companies are gathering your

information to sell in the open market in this way celebrities are just like you and me they're finding out their personal information is just as vulnerable to hacking and selling as the rest of us and some ways they're more vulnerable as their information is more sought after last year f.b.i. director robert mueller expressed concerns about hacking a group of cyber criminals orchestrated a highly sophisticated attack on a major financial institution. hackers found their way into the network of this institution and altered data to allow them to increase the funds available for a number of accounts they also stole account data and created duplicate a.t.m. cards and then one day early last fall they struck these concerns must have hit close to home because his private information was also exposed by the hackers. in

d.c. margaret howell r t we have heard of rats the long tailed rodents that crawl through the streets and munch on garbage but have you heard of a remote hacking tool also called a rat rat technology allows hackers to control computers from afar and once the computers are infected by the tool these hackers can do just about whatever they want with it they can switch around icons pull up links and read through personal documents but perhaps the most frightening so-called ratters can remotely turn on web cameras and capture private footage unknowingly and there is an entire subculture of ratters who try to get pictures and videos of attractive women who they call slaves this discovered by the web site ars technica well how do these rats and up on a computer infected files can be attached to just about anything downloaded from the internet from there the most intense of these programs are encrypted to protect from anti malware software so the next time you're browsing the internet there's a possibility that someone is looking at you looking at that webcam. and that

a mars a is life there a possibility well according to new scientists at nasa and we have already happened we have found a habitable environment that is so benign and support of this life that probably if this water was around and you had been on the planet you would have been able to drink it. that is right after months of research and data collected things tenaces curiosity rover scientists have announced that life on mars could have been a possible after analyzing rock samples from the red planet scientists were able to identify key elements of his nitrogen hydrogen and oxygen all necessary to sustain life but the mars mission is far from over curiosity is set to continue with trek across the red planet in the coming weeks and we are going to leave it out there but for more of the stories we covered check out our you tube channel you tube dot com slash our humira and follow me on twitter.